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Let's see, what did I do today? Well, we went to church...the same one we have been visiting for about a month now. (we are develpoing quite an on going record here!) Actually, we visited there once before, a couple of years ago, but at the time didn't go very long, only a couple of Sundays. However, we did "hook" up with a family who goes there (called the Masts)and have stayed in touch, and done things with them ever since. Well, three or four sundays ago dad suggested that we go back there again to visit. But before that, let me say that for quite awhile now the Masts have been telling us about one Whitaker family that has apparently been attending there church since early this summer. Most of the talking comes from Rebecca (their oldest daughter, who also happens to my age) who apparently thinks quite highly of them. She had told me a lot about them, including that they have a son who is 18, named Quentin.
Now when I first heard this I thought "hmm, I used to know a Quentin in 5th grade", (for those of you who don't know, I went to a private school for a little while when I was in 5th grade) but then I completely forgot about it. Anyway, to make a long story short, when we visited there about a month ago, I saw Quentin, recognised him as the same Quentin, completely shocked him, myself, and subsequently everyone else who happened to be standing there when we were introduced by blurting out "I KNOW you!". And in the time that we have been visiting the church (Covenant Baptist is the name, just f.y.i) we have had the Whitakers over to our house, and have gotten to know them a little.
Like I said before, they have 5 boys and also 1 daughter. But anyway, the oldest boy is married, and is going to Cedarville (haven't met him) the next oldest is Brent (21)and is going to Word of Life in NY (haven't met him yet either) then there is Scott (19) who is also going to Cedarville, but living at home, and is preparing to be a minister. Then of course there is Quentin (18), and finally Doug (14). Doug is hilarious, a lot of fun to be around. Quentin, when I knew him in 5th grade was really shy and quiet. He is still quiet, but not really shy anymore. Scott is really nice, and I respect him. You don't have to hang around him very long to find out that he not only loves God very much, but is very passionate about Him. It's so cool to be around a guy, who's pretty close to my own age, that's like that. He's so caught up in the things of God.
So anyway, back to church. The others that go there are nice, the pastor really seems to have a heart for God. His preaching style is different than my dad's, which is hard to get used to. But I guess you can't have everything, and if it was up to me, I would keep going there. And who knows, we may!
Well, this afternoon I went with the Masts, Whitakers, and another familiy to a nursing home to help with a worship service for some of the residents. It was a lot of fun! Normally, I get weird at places like that. I'm not scared of old people or anything, but i dunno, i just never know what to say! It was different this time though. they seemed really glad to see us, and to have an oppertunity to "go" to church.
After that, we all went back to the church, because the youth and younger kids are putting on a Christmas play, and they had practice this evening before church. And guess what? I'm going to be in the play too! Imagine that! (some of you might know that my first encounter this summer with theatrics was rather interesting! For those of you who don't know, you can ask about it when you leave a comment! (*hint hint*) I, along with Rebecca, and one other girl, are going to be narraters. Which in one aspect is cool, because we don't actually have to memorize any lines! *sigh of relief* But on the down side, we don't get to wear costumes either, which would have been fun. Anyhoo, I'm also gonna do a duet on the piano w/ Rebecca, and play the violin with Susannah (the next to oldest Mast daughter, who happens to take violin lessons from the same lady i do!)along with Rebecca on the piano, and Quentin singing. It should be interesting. :-D
Anyhoo, we were all at the church for about an hour before everyone showed up for play practice. It was fun hanging out with them.
Well, now that I've practically given you a State of the Union Adress, and prolly numbed you all into bordom, or insanity by my babbling, I need to get off now! So toodles!

Here's the blogs I had posted on my other temporary blog...
11/13/03

Hey Ya'll! (sorry Lisa, I couldn't think of another word)
I'm soooo excited 'cause I just figured out how to use this blog thingie! I'm such a genius! (coughs) Okay, it was rather a stroke of luck. I just happened to see a link to this blog and was like 'where the heck did THAT come from?!' So I clicked on it, and here I am! I didn't even know this was an option. Actually, I had already attempted to start my own blog, rather unsuccessfully too, but we won't go into that right now.
Um, I dunno how often I'll actually be writing on here. I'd like to think that I will blees everyone with my pearls of wisdom every day or so. :-P But I have a feeling that won't be the case. Anyway, keep checking...ya never know! Luv ya all, and talk to ya later!


11/18/03

What a dreay day! I feel like I'm living in London or something, it's so wet, and rainy, and dark out! *shivers* Nasty! Ya know, that's one thing that I don't like about fall and winter, well mostly fall. It seems like it rains all the time, and I don't like how it gets dark out so early. It's rather depressing! And it makes it even more harder to get out of bed in the morning when it's cold and dark out. Like anyone is going to hear their alarm clock go off at the crack of dawn, peer out there window, see frost on the glass, no sunshine, and just pop right out of bed. Uh, not this girl anyway!
I didn't do to much today either. I did have to get up early, so I could go alllll the way to Troy to babysit a bunch of crying kids, with not enough help. (Maybe that weird lady running things will happen upon my blog and read this, huh Jasper? *winks*) Oh well, it's money anyway.
Let's see, what else did I do? Oh yeah! I made another page for my scrapbook! I already fifnished all my camp pics, so now I started working on pages for Lily. I like the one I got done, except for two things. (1) I don't like the way I put Lily's name on, it looks kinda cheesy. (2) A sticker that I didn't want accindently stuck partially to the page, then when i went to take it off, i kinda took part of the page off with it. (That has got to be one of the most annoying things in the world!) I managed to disguise a little bit of it, but not all. So either I'll have to just deal with it, or go back later and try and fix it up better.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okie doke! Now we're on the ball! I'm sooo happy and excited! I was over at jaspa's house this afternoon, and she showed me what i was doing wrong(a.k.a~ Why I could not write any entries on this blog before!) Soooo, Now it's all good, because I know what I'm doing! (well, not really, but that's OKAY!) Thank-you sooo so much girlfriend! *kisses you on both cheeks MWHA!*
Anyway, enough of that! Let's see, last night I went with the Wagars to see the Saint's first game!!!! They were sooo AWESOME! The guys are doing a lot better this year (not that they were bad last year or anything...) and are gonna go allll the way! The game was wonderfully intense. I was like "I can't watch this!!!" But of course I did, because it was soo fun! We only lost by 7 points, and gave the other team a run for they're money! I really want to go to a lot of their games this year, but I dunno if I can. See last year, I kinda had to go, or at least had an excuse, 'cause Josh was on the team, and I was helping out with
"equipment" and all that good stuff. But this year I don't really have an excuse to beg a ride off people! Oh well, we'll see what happens!
And today...well all i can say is "was that someone's idea of a practical joke?!" (j/k j/k) Seriously though, I thought I was going to be going to Bruckner Nature Center with the Wolfs, Wagars, Scotts, and a bunch of other homeschooling peeps for a nature hike where we got blindfolded, only to find out that (as a bonus or something) we got to, not only learn about owls, but disect owl pellets! *gags* Can we say nasty? Can we say TOO MUCH INFORMATION?! True, it's not as bad as some things you could disect, but still! I'm done with high school, I shouldn't be learning about these more disturbing sides of nature anymore! :-D Oh well, I'll live!
Anyhoo, that's enough for now. But you can expect to be hearing a LOT more from me now that I got this blog thing working! (aren't ya glad? ) So talk to ya later.